Apr 24, 2006 9:52 AM, from staff and wire reports

Sentry Logistic Solutions has opened an $8 million, 53,000-square-foot facility in Indianapolis IN for cold chain logistics, storage, and packing of bulk pharmaceutical and biotechnology components and finished products.

The third-party logistics provider's specialty is storing and shipping temperature-sensitive materials. Its Indianapolis facility is a Highly Protected Risk (HPR) facility, which means it adheres to the industry’s utmost risk protection level. The company offers cold storage at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, frozen storage at ‑10 to ‑20 degrees C, and ambient room temperature storage. Sentry also provides custom systems for international and domestic transportation and logistics as well as end-to-end import and export management.